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Re: Non-Colts thread

Cam Newton is enduring a classic sophomore slump, holy crap. Methinks the league is figuring him out.

I wouldn't overreact. They are 1-2 and beat the Saints last week with Newton putting up a lot of points. Yeah they got creamed last night, but the Giants are the Super Bowl champs and hadn't looked too hot during the first two weeks. So they were due for a great game. After losing to Dallas and almost losing to Tampa, it's not surprising that the Giants took all their frustrations out on the inferior Panthers. Like I said, it was a classic "we are the champs and you are some overhyped team that hasn't won anything" type of beat down.

Newton threw some bad passes, but not everything is his fault. They can't run the ball, nor can they stop the run. Newton will be fine. Young QB's go through slumps. Peyton had a bad season in his fourth year.

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Newton trailed off most of last season though, not fast, but his production started off sky-high and went down lil by lil all season long, especially in passing yardage... that's what most people don't realize about his "amazing" rookie campaign. He had a 55 total QBR rating last year. To put things in perspective, Luck has an 81 QBR and that's including a pretty bad statistical game in week 1. And now Newton comes out this year not looking very impressive at all... I just wonder if the league figured him out. His athleticism and arm strength appears to have surprised early on, but I just wonder if he's got the brains to counter the adjustments that opposing defenses have made.

There are two types of quarterbacks in the league: Those whom over time, the league figures out ... and those who figure out the league.

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ALAMEDA -- The long simmering feud between Marcus Allen and the Raiders, specifically, Al Davis, has come to an end.

Allen, at the behest of Mark Davis, will light the team's ceremonial flame in honor of the late Raiders owner before Oakland's game against Pittsburgh on Sunday, CSNBayArea.com has learned.

Allen, the Raiders' top draft pick in 1982 as the reigning Heisman Trophy winner out of USC, was Super Bowl XVIII MVP and the NFL MVP in 1985. But shortly thereafter he was on the receiving end of the elder Davis' cool rage.

"What do you think about a guy that has attempted to ruin your career?" Allen said in 1992, in an interview aired on Monday Night Football.

"He told me he was going to get me. We've had conversations. I don't know for what reason, but he told me he was going to get me."

Some theories had Davis angry that Allen wanted more carries and more money. Others had Davis jealous that Allen had become a bigger star than him in the team's then-home of Los Angeles. The most scandalous, though, was the one whispered the loudest, and given legs in Murray Olderman's new book, "Just Win, Baby, The Al Davis Story," that Davis disapproved of Allen's relationship with O.J. Simpson and his inner circle.

This much is true, though, year after year, Davis brought in different running backs -- from Bo Jackson to Greg Bell to Nick Bell to Roger Craig to Eric Dickerson -- and Allen's time on the field grew shorter while his time on the bench grew longer.

After 11 star-crossed years with the Raiders, Allen went to Kansas City and enjoyed a

resurgence playing five more seasons for the Chiefs. He won Comeback Player of the Year in 1993 and entered the Hall of Fame in 2003.

Re: Non-Colts thread

Tebow goes out for a pass.... DOINK!

The poster "pacertom" since this forum began (and before!). I changed my name here to "Slick Pinkham" in honor of the imaginary player That Bobby "Slick" Leonard picked late in the 1971 ABA draft (true story!).

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Revis is indeed out for the year. Tough break for the Jets. He's a guy who gets it done on the field and unlike many current or former teammates (Bart Scott, Octodad Cromartie, the retired Ladainian Tomlinson) doesn't yap all day about themselves or why somebody else is to blame for something that went wrong.

I will miss the thrill of seeing whether elite QBs and elite WRs would dare go after him.

The poster "pacertom" since this forum began (and before!). I changed my name here to "Slick Pinkham" in honor of the imaginary player That Bobby "Slick" Leonard picked late in the 1971 ABA draft (true story!).

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Blatant offensive pass interference was missed, but other than that, strangely, IMO TD is the right call. Simultaneous possession = offensive TD. It doesn't matter "how much" of the ball you have.

That is precisely why you always coach defenders to knock the ball down rather than to catch it. Someone can rip it away or grab a piece of it and you are screwed.

The poster "pacertom" since this forum began (and before!). I changed my name here to "Slick Pinkham" in honor of the imaginary player That Bobby "Slick" Leonard picked late in the 1971 ABA draft (true story!).